The Front Bottoms: “Maps”
Slow Dancing to Soft Rock EP
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbT6qUpROnI
Questions: mswojnow@gmail.com
Tabbed by: arunawayslave / Max
This song is pretty straight forward, fun to sing and easy to play. In the music video
he’s using a pick but it’s pretty easy to finger pick.
Listen to the song to get the rhythm.
前奏：
E|————————————————–|
B|————————————————–|
G|————————————————–|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-x-x-8–8–8–8–8–8–8–|
Verse
Guitar
“There’s a map in my room…”
E|———|
B|———|
G|———|
D|—5—5-|
A|———|
E|-3—3—|x12
Strings tabbed for guitar
E|–8–7———|
B|——–10–8–|
G|—————|
D|—————|
A|—————|
E|—————|
“…big, big plans”
E|—————————————–|
B|—————————————–|
G|—————————————–|
D|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5-|
A|———3—3—————————|
E|-7—7———–3—3—3—3—3—3—|
Repeat once
“…slow, just slow enough to make you uncomfortable”
E|—————————————————————–|
B|—————————————————————–|
G|—————————————————————–|
D|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—————–|
A|—————–5—5———–3—3—3—3—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5—5—5—5———–7—7——————-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Return to
E|———|
B|———|
G|———|
D|—5—5-|
A|———|
E|-3—3—|
Next part repeats the verse with a small variation
“anything to get the taste out of my mouth”
E|—————–|
B|—————–|
G|——-5-5——-|
D|-5-5—5-5—5~–|
A|-5-5—3-3—5~–|
E|-3-3———3~–|
“confident…but I hear you…”
E|—————————————————————–|
B|—————————————————————–|
G|—————————————————————–|
D|—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—5–5—5-5-5-5—-|
A|—————–5—5———–3—3—3—3—3–3—3-3-3—-|
E|-5—5—5—5———–7—7———————————–|
Chorus
It’s hard to tell exactly what he’s playing, but these chords sound fine strummed or
played like the earlier parts of the song.
E|——————————————-|
B|——————————————-|
G|——————————————-|
D|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5—|
A|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)(5)–|
E|——————3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3—|x4
Strum these:
“but you are an artist…”
E|—
B|—
G|—
D|-5-
A|-5-
E|-3-
*break*
“…bathroom”
E|—
B|—
G|—
D|-5-
A|-5-
E|-3-
“…thinking, how did I get here?”
E|—
B|—
G|-5-
D|-5-
A|-3-
E|—
*break*
Re-intro. Rest of the song reuses the same parts.
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